From complex ecosystems to ancient folklore, the Pokemon universe is a mirror of our own. To celebrate three decades of catching ’em all, explore the parallels between fact and fiction in this tree of ...

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Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

“Ankle bones of Purgatorius exhibit features that indicate it lived in trees, so we initially thought its absence south of Montana could be related to the sweeping devastation of forests from the ...

An international science team used supercomputer simulations to model forest population dynamics of tree diversity in tropical forests. The researchers hope their work will help support forest ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2, first released in February 2025 as a preprint, is now published in the journal Nature.

The scientists examined the lineages of two groups of bivalves—marine invertebrates that include clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops—that successfully inhabit the deep sea. They found that some ...

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A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity.

TMC is the world’s largest life science ecosystem, spanning across three distinct campuses - TMC Medical Campus, TMC Innovation Factory and TMC Helix Park, in the heart of Houston. Since 1945, TMC has ...